Escape doors are usually on the perimeter of the building, and are the last doors you pass through on the escape route to a place of safety. The National Building Regulations specifies an Escape door as that door in an escape route which, at ground level, leads directly to a street or public place or to any approved open space which leads to a street or public place. Emergency Escape doors MUST always open in the direction of the escape. Escape Doors should normally be hinged doors, the National Standard prohibits the use of sliding doors from forming part of an escape route.
Panic escape doors - have a bar across all or most of the width of the door. Always open in outwards.
Emergency escape doors - have a push pad or lever handle. In some rare cases emergency escape doors open inwards.
Ironmongery fitted to an Escape door must allow the door to be easily opened in the direction of escape without specialised knowledge or the use of keys or tools.
Escape doors must not be so locked or secured that they cannot be effortlessly and instantly opened by any person who may need to use them in an emergency.
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